Crown Rock
Crown Rock rises to 2,850 m in California. Mount Reinstein stands 3,842 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Castle Peak, a peak 2.3 miles away.
The story
Mountain in the Sierra Nevada of California.
Wikidata Q118644903, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,850 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Castle Peak: 2.3 mi
- Volcanic Cone: 2.4 mi
- Obelisk: 3.3 mi
- Spanish Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Finger Rock: 3.5 mi
- Silver Spray Falls: 5.3 mi
- Blue Canyon Falls: 6.7 mi
- Rancheria Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
- Garlic Falls: 7.9 mi
- Grizzly Falls: 12.4 mi
- Wiesman Spring: 9.0 mi
- Lousy Spring: 10.5 mi
- Cold Springs: 11.6 mi
- Sycamore Springs: 16.0 mi
- Clover Meadow Spring: 16.9 mi
- Helms Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
- Short Hair Creek Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Wee-mee-kute Picnic Site: 11.3 mi
- Grizzly Falls Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Mc Kinley Botanical Area: 14.1 mi
- Chicago Stump: 12.8 mi
- Gamlin Cabin: 15.3 mi
- General Grant Tree: 15.3 mi
- Centennial Stump: 15.3 mi
- Zephyr Headquarters: 16.1 mi
- Blue Canyon Cabin: 6.8 mi
- Shorty's Granite Pass Cabin: 15.1 mi
- Shorty's Williams Meadow Cabin: 17.7 mi
- Qualls Camp: 18.6 mi
- Shorty's Crowley Canyon Cabin: 20.2 mi
- Windy Cliffs: 10.4 mi
- Slide Bluffs: 10.7 mi
- Patterson Bluffs: 12.1 mi
- Great Cliffs: 15.5 mi
- Windy Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Teakettle Experiment Area: 9.3 mi
- Courtright Intrusive Contact Zone Geological Area: 10.0 mi
- General Grant Grove Section Kings Canyon Nat: 18.3 mi
- Trimmer Recreation Area: 23.6 mi
- Sandy Cove Beach: 11.6 mi
- Jumping Rock: 11.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Crown Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Reinstein | NE 40° | 3,842 m | 11.3 mi |
| Finger Peak | NE 55° | 3,780 m | 9.3 mi |
| Black Crown | ENE 65° | 3,650 m | 10.9 mi |
| Tunemah Peak | ENE 74° | 3,627 m | 10.3 mi |
| Blue Canyon Peak | ENE 60° | 3,615 m | 10.2 mi |
| Blackcap Mountain | NNE 27° | 3,519 m | 9.1 mi |
| Hogback Peak | ESE 122° | 3,376 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Harrington | SE 128° | 3,360 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:37 | 19:40 | 20:19 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:20 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:06 | 16:03 | 16:43 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 46 | 48 | 53 | 58 | 65 | 73 | 81 | 81 | 76 | 66 | 53 | 45 |
| Precip in | 5.6 | 4.9 | 5.1 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 2.1 | 4.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Balch PWR House, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/7955924525
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